#B256EF#B256EF

#B256EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.226 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B256EF
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 239)
HSL	hsl(276, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 64%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 62.50, -62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 88.07, 315.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% 0.142 -0.1753)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.226 309)
XYZ	xyz(37.2648, 22.3532, 83.9961)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B256EF #93EF56

analogous

#6556EF #B256EF #EF56E0

triadic

#B256EF #EFB256 #56EFB2

tetradic

#B256EF #EF6556 #93EF56 #56E0EF

square

#B256EF #EF6556 #93EF56 #56E0EF

split-complementary

#B256EF #E0EF56 #56EF65

monochromatic

#7612B9 #991EEA #B256EF #CB8EF4 #E5C6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B256EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#B256EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B256EF

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B256EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B256EF	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007EF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D83EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9759B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b256ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.226 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8bf5',
    500: '#b256ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b256ef;
$custom-light: #cd8bf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b256ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.078,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63408,
    "c": 0.22559,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.22353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B256EF

secondary

#CBEBB5

accent

#DF065D

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B256EF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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